Pandemics

As the H1N1 virus spreads throughout the globe, this round of questions will address HIV/AIDS,
pandemic influenza, and malaria.


Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/HIVData/GlobalReport

o Read Chapter Two of the 2008 Global Report

World Health Organization http://www.who.int/topics/influenza/en/

o Under General Information, study, “Fact Sheet on Influenza”, “Fact Sheet on
Avian Influenza” and “Ten Things You Need to Know about Pandemic
Influenza”


Center for Disease Control – Malaria http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/basics.htm

o Study everything under “About Malaria”, “Prevention” under “Control and
Prevention”, “Geographic Distribution”, “History”, and “Impact”.